Fastener for vehicle-curtains.



E. H. ILSE.

FASTEN R VEHICLE CURTAINS.

APPLICA I FILED OCT. 31. 1914.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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#7i/manu ATTORNEY/S FRANK H. ILSE, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

FAS'I'ENER FOR VEHICLE-CURTAINS.

Application tiledA October 3l, 1914.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that I, FRANK H. ILSE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State ot Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Vehicle-Curtains, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the raccompanying drawings.

The invention relates to side curtains for vehicles and it is the object of the invention to provide means operable from theinside for securing the lower edge of the curtains to the outside of the vehicle body. Usually such curtains are secured by turn-buttons on the body engaging eyelets in the curtain, but these can only be operated from the outside. `With my improved construction, means are provided for engaging the evelets with outwardly-extending buttons and locking the same, said means being readily operable from within the vehicle.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view ot a vehicle canopy provided with curtains having my improved attachment device: Fig. 2 is a cross section through the attachment device; Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the attachment device in locked position; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing` it in unlocked position.

A is the vehicle bodv. B is a side curtain. the lower edee ot which overlaps the side of the body, and C is the stud or button projectinq outward from the bodv and with which the curtain is enrraged. To permit of engaeinfY the eyelet ot the curtain with the stud C I haw-3 provided an attachment device. comprising a member l) preferably formed ot sheet metal. which is riveted or otherwise secured to the inside ot' the curtain and is provided with an aperture E for engaging the stud.

F is a member slidably engaging thc member D havingan aperture G for registration with the aperture E to receive the head of the stud C. The aperture G is formed with a portion G which is contracted in width for engagement with the shank of the button so as to interlock with the head thereof.

H is a snrinfr engaging the members D and F and holding` them normally in position where the entrance apertures are out ot exact registration. Thus bv relatively adjustingI these members F and D against the tension oic the spring their entrance apertures may be registered so as to permit Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

.serial No. 869,568.

engagement with the stud, while Aupon releasing said members the spring will throw them out of registration, causing an interlock with the stud.

To permit of operating the members F and D from inside the vehicle said members are provided with upward extensions F and D. which are parallel with the inner face of the curtain and rise above the top of the body A. The arrangement is such that the two upward extensions may be grasped between the thumb and finger of the operator and may be relatively moved to register their entrance apertures, and at the same time said members may be movedas a unit to diseneage or engage the same with the stud. The relative movement of the members is facilitated by roughing the surface thereof as indicated at J.

With the construction as described, the curtains may be readily attached or detached from the'stud C and when attached will be securely locked against accidental. displacement.

1What l claim as my invention is:-

l. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by said curtain, the combination with a button or stud adapted to be mounted upon said member` of a lock-y ing eyelet adapted to be interiorly attachedto the overlapping portion of the curtain, and comprising relatively movable parts having registrable apertures for engaging the stud. and respectivelv having portions adapted to extend beyond an edge of said member, forming finger grasps. for displacing said parts oppositely to register said apertures and allow disengagement of the eyelet from the stud.

2. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by said curtain, the combination with a button or stud adapted to be mounted upon said member, of a locking eyelet adapted to be inl'eriorly attached to the overlappin g portion of the curtain and comprising relatively movable parts, respectively having apertures, normally imperfectly registered. to engage a reduced portion of the stud, and respectively having projecting adjacent parallel portions adapted to similarly extend beyond an edge of said member, forming linger grasps for displacing said parts oppositely to register said apertures and allow disengagement of the eyelet from the stud.

3. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by the curtain, the combination with a button or stud adapted to be mounted upon said member, of a locking eyelet adapted to be carried by the curtain, comprising two relatively movable parts, one of which is adapted to be secured to the curtain and forms Ways in which the other is mounted to slide, said parts being formed with apertures to engage said stud, normally imperfeotlv registered, a pin mounted upon the sliding part, and a spring mounted upon said nin having its ends bearing upon corresponding edge portions of the other part tending to maintain the two parts in their normal relation.

a. In a fastener for securing a Curtain to a member overlapped by said curtain, the combination with a button or stud adapted to be mounted upon said member, of a locking eyelet adapted to be carried by the curtain primarily comprising two relatively movable parts having apertures for engagement with said stud, normally imperfectly registered. and having finger grasps for accomplishing a relative motion of said parts, one of the parts being formed with ways in which the other part slides, one of the parts being formed with a stop, encountering the other part when the two said apertures reg-l ister.

5. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by the curtain, the combination with a button or stud adapted to be mounted upon said member, of a locking eyelet adapted to be carried by the curtain, comprising relatively movable parts having apertures for engagement with said stud,

.normally imperfectly registered, said parts being formed with parallel and adjacent finger grasps for relatively moving said.' members into complete'registration or moving the same as a unit into or out of engagement with the stud.

6. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by the curtain, the

combination -with a button or stud, adapted to be mounted upon said member, of a locking eyelet adapted to be carried by the curtain, comprising two relatively movable parts, one of which comprises an intermediate portion and lugs oppositely projecting from said portion for engagement with the curtain, and the other part being mounted in slideways formed at the junctures of said lugs with .said intermediate portion, the two said parts being formed with registi-able apertures to enga gethe stud.

7. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by the curtain, a securimperfect registration of said apertures, and

parallel adjacent extensions from said members, forming finger grasps for relatively moving said members into registration and for moving the same as a unit into or out of engagement with the stud.

8. In a fastener for securing a curtain to a member overlapped by said curtain, the combination with a button or stud adapted to be mounted upon said member, of a locking evelet adapted to be interior-ly attached to the overlapping portion of the curtain, comprising relatively movable parts coperating to engage the stud and respectively `having portions adapted to extend beyond an edge of said member forming finger grasps for actuating relative displacement of said parts.

In estimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v FRANK IPI. ILSE.

wWitnesses JAMES P. BARRY, ARTHUR D. PULVER.

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Washington, D. C. 

